General Public Should Not Have To Pay For 101 Non-Emergency Calls
From today, no member of the public should have to pay for 101 non-emergency calls to the police. Previously, callers to the 101 number are connected to their local police [...]
Cybercrime
Warwickshire residents and businesses targeted by scam coronavirus ‘phishing’ emails
Scammers are sending coronavirus related ‘phishing’ emails to steal personal and financial information, Warwickshire Trading Standards is warning. The emails may [...]
Warwickshire residents warned of scam COVID-19 texts
Following yesterday’s genuine GOV.UK national text message, ‘GOV.UK CORONAVIRUS ALERT’ scammers have begun to send bogus text messages encouraging recipients to [...]
Sale of fake and dangerous hand sanitiser products warning
Warwickshire consumers are being urged to be vigilant when buying hand sanitisers following reports of the sale of fake and dangerous products. Current shortages of [...]
New COVID-19 scams and good advice
Fraudsters are taking advantage of Coronavirus to scam vulnerable people, Warwickshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service is warning. Scam reporting numbers are [...]
Social media ‘free trial’ scams
Consumers are again falling victim to ‘free-trial’ scams appearing on popular social media platforms. The scam advertisements offer free-trials of a range of products [...]
